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In an effort to keep your Twitter manners properly set up and to make sure you know which part of Twitter is useful for a particular type of question or conversation, check out this visual guide.

This handy visual guide explores technology use by young children. How much and what do they use, and is it appropriate?

Infographics are interesting–a mash of (hopefully) easily-consumed visuals (so, symbols, shapes, and images) and added relevant character-based data (so, numbers, words, and brief sentences).

The learning application for them is clear, with many academic standards–including the Common Core standards–requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency...

From harassing text messages to demeaning social network comments, teens face a barrage of all-too-common digital bullying tactics in today's world. But is

This March Madness-themed infographic uncovers key information on search privacy concerns, social influence, efficacy of images in search results, social sharing behavior, social preferences by social network and demographic, and more.

There are many reasons we use social media. From the basic to the more advanced, the tool is simply ubiquitous and addictive. This infographic sheds some light for us all.

Pinterest is a promising visual bookmarking platform. It is gaining in popularity more and more and of course teachers and educators are part of this success for there are now a burgeoning number of  educational boards on Pinterest where you can get free access to tons of web tools and teaching tips.There are also some great educational Pinners that are  committed to sharing useful resources with their fellow teachers. In this regard, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has its own Pinterest Board where we have been pinning everything we publish here or we find in other blogs and websites, make sure to follow us to stay updated about our future pinnings.

The infographic may be designed for small business owners but it's worthwhile for any teacher, student, parent, or other Edudemic reader looking for the quick bites of the social networks.

An infographic from security-testing company Veracode explores the rise of data breaches and what it could mean for businesses and consumers.

Let's look at Brain Essential Learning Steps. In other words, how does the brain process information in the learning process

Today's infographic is about the AlienVault Open Threat Exchange or OTX, which is a multinational effort to aggregate, and disseminate the fingerprints and  forensics of the latest cyber attacks. The infographic is full of statistics on malware, hack attacks and such.

Do you know the difference between contemporary and traditional learning and teaching styles? This handy chart breaks it down quite well.

Infographics have become more popular with the rise of social media, fuelling the need for instant results by providing content in bite-size chunks.

If you've been wondering about some of the general statistics about the current state of teaching (like how many teachers work on Sundays), check this out.

We're all already using Twitter it seems. But should we? This flowchart answers the big question: should you use Twitter?

The scandal involving the Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), David Petraeus, shocked the nation.